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Travel Like a Local is a series of travel guidebooks written by local experts to help travelers explore new places like an insider. Travel Like a Local – Sydney NSW Australia by Author Zena Mason offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit Sydney. From learning about the culture and customs to finding the best restaurants and attractions, these guidebooks provide comprehensive information to ensure a hassle-free unforgettable journey.

Walking from Bluff, at the bottom edge of the South Island, to Cape Reinga, at the top of the North Island, award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold goes in search of New Zealand. Along her multi-month journey, she speaks to people from all walks of life and discover stories of people's hopes, dreams, worries and fears. An upbeat, fascinating and inspiring picture of who we are as a nation.

This work is a collection of fictional observations by the narrator as he travels around the countryside of southern New South Wales and Victoria in the 1880s. He presents the life of the various rural dwellers, including bullock drivers, squatters and itinerant travelers, and also attempts to convey the accents of Irish, Scottish and Chinese personalities he encounters. This tale provides insight into the stories and hardships of rural dwellers in Australia in the latter half of the nineteenth century, as well as the narrator’s own philosophy of life.

A spectacular 80-kilometer (50-mile) track connects Sydney's iconic beaches of Bondi and Manly, and will have you winding through secluded bays, protected bushland, and the glittering harbor city. A must-have for visitors, the guidebook will equally delight the most familiar Sydneysiders, combining fascinating local and natural histories with clear instructions.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater than a Tourist book is for you. Greater than a Tourist: Kapiti Coast, New Zealand, by Lea Schullery, offers the inside scoop on the Kapiti Coast. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

When a nine-year-old R.A. Dalkey decided he was going to become an Outback truck driver, the poor Australia-besotted boy had no idea what he was getting into. He’d been born on the wrong continent, for a start. And even if he could make it out of Africa one day, where was an Australian work visa to come from? A sensible adult would have filed that dream away as a juvenile fantasy and gotten on with life. Especially after taking five attempts to get the most basic of car licenses. But R.A. Dalkey never claimed to be a sensible adult, did he?

Australia es el sexto país más grande del mundo y la isla más extensa. Isla, país, continente. Seco, árido, yermo y climáticamente agresivo. Un país donde el gusano más peludo mata con su venenoso pinchazo, donde las conchas marinas no sólo pican sino que se persiguen, donde un tiburón puede zamparte o unas irresistibles aguas arrastrarte mar adentro.

The Birdsville Track runs through three deserts, from Marree in northern South Australia, to Birdsville in outback Queensland. This legendary, dirt road has a rich folk history, intriguing culture, and unique ecosystems. But it doesn't give up its secrets easily, unless you have the Birdsville Track Audio Tour of course!

The Birdsville Track runs through three deserts, from Marree in Northern South Australia, to Birdsville in outback Queensland. This legendary, dirt road has a rich folk history, intriguing culture and unique ecosystems. But it doesn’t give up its secrets easily - unless you have the Birdsville Track Audio Tour of course! The Birdsville Track Audio Tour has 45 tracks and 138 minutes of professional-quality audio. The tracks are designed to be played at set points along the Birdsville Track, as shown on the map.

In Eat Like a Local – Melbourne, Australia, Monique Dudley offers the inside scoop on food in Melbourne. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Im September 2002 sagte Jens Ohrenblicker Deutschland für ein Jahr Lebewohl und brach mit seiner Freundin zu einer ganz besonderen Reise auf: Ein Jahr lang wollten sie Australien erkunden und sich durch Gelegenheitsjobs die Reisekasse aufbessern. In einem Rückblick auf die aufregendste Zeit seines Lebens erzählt er Geschichten, die mal ironisch-frech, mal skurril, mal nachdenklich und mit einem Schuss Melancholie diese Reise wieder lebendig werden lassen.

From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not so very long ago, the South Island had most of New Zealand's people and just about all of the money. Gold miners found fortunes in the hills and rivers, sheep barons straddled mountains, valleys and plains. Wealthy southerners ruled the government. Where now lies the South Island's golden fleece? And what is its future?

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Melbourne. Greater than a Tourist - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by Alex Hatzidakis offers the inside scoop on Melbourne.

Australia es mucho más que un enorme país. Y mucho más que la isla más grande del mundo. Es un universo aparte. Árida, con una climatología extrema y una fauna atípica (y en muchos casos muy peligrosa), Australia también tiene gentes hospitalarias, ciudades muy modernas y otros muchos secretos por descubrir. ¿Cómo no enamorarse de un lugar fascinante que no se parece a ningún otro?

Lovers of fine travel and adventure relish Scott Smith’s rich tale as a Peace Corps volunteer. Smith’s keen observations never sag in human interest as he confronts living on the edge of Pacific island paradise. It is a must listen for island lovers and anyone considering a journey to change the world or themselves.

In Loving Country, coauthors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukurolgou show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story and to find the way to fall in love with her, our home. Listeners are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous people. The intention of this audiobook is to foster communication and understanding between all peoples and country, to encourage environmental and social change.

Durante el séptimo viaje, Jorge recorrió parte del Océano Pacífico, desde Callao hasta Tahití, en la Polinesia Francesa, a bordo del crucero Maxim Gorki, escalando con mucha fortuna en el "Santo Grial" de los viajeros: la isla de Pitcairn (la de los amotinados del navío Bounty).

David Bayley was 34 when his life underwent a spiritual revolution. On passionate internal suggestion he bought a campervan, gave away his possessions, and strode toward life on four wheels. Having no plan or direction, he cast himself forth into the beauty of Australia, capturing the land in poetic prose. Like a rite of passage, however, this journey was not an easy one.

Eigentlich möchte Lars mit seinem Drahtesel zunächst lediglich die australische Ostküste erradeln. Doch es sollte ihm wie Forrest Gump gehen, er konnte einfach nicht anhalten. Zu intensiv empfindet er das Freiheitsgefühl auf der Straße, zu sehr beeindruckt ihn die atemberaubende Natur, zu angenehm ist die Kumpelhaftigkeit der gastfreundlichen Australier.